Word: switch
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...piece began slowly: a couple dances alone, six join them and then six more arrive. Suddenly the women are flying through the air in a whirlwind of purple and violet. As the tension builds the entire group in unison begins to wriggle, writhe and shake. Then in a mutlisecond switch they are standing stiff as boards. These fast movements continue--appearing like a video set at high speed--until one can not absorb any more. Then the choreography slows down, even as Gerhwin's concerto continues to roll...
Which would you prefer: To maintain the preference-based system of assigning freshmen to the Houses, or switch to a more random method? That's the question you'll be asked next week in a campus-wide referendum on the freshman housing lottery, perennially a source of anxiety and frustration for students and officials alike...
...missile, which will be put to authorization and appropriation votes in both houses some time in March, is definitely in danger. Aspin, a supporter of the MX last year, has hinted that he will switch his vote. Goldwater has already stated that the controversial missile, which would cost $20 billion to $30 billion, is dead. The bill for Star Wars, now in the earliest stages of research, will not come due for many years, but some Congressmen are threatening to strangle this Reagan-policy brainchild in the crib...
Patterson's switch from legislator to lobbyist is an increasingly attractive choice for Congressmen who have lost or given up their seats. Reluctant to sever family and social ties in Washington, lured by bigger money than they could earn back home, they cash in on their Government experience and contacts by becoming advocates for industries, unions, trade groups and special interests of all stripes. Robert McGlotten, president of the American League of Lobbyists, estimates that as many as 200 retired Congressmen represent clients around the Capitol. "The Hill is crawling with them," says Nancy Drabble, director of the consumers' lobby...
...Island: "They have a total breakdown only about once a year, the kind of disaster you sense before you even get down the stairs at Penn Station. The crowd will be waiting shoulder to shoulder, and you will hear over the loudspeaker, 'Mmchshrum drillblitterich,' which translated means, 'Due to switch trouble, all Long Island trains will be delayed.' The only thing to do is fight through the crowd to your friends in the usual waiting spot. If it doesn't clear up in a while, you go to a hotel, or the movies, or everybody hires...